Jerzy Janowicz just lost in the first round of Auckland to Brian Baker. He saved 15/17 break points and converted the two break points he had. After being 1-5 down in the third set, he went on a roll and managed to get the score back to 4-5 but Baker managed to serve it out the second time. Good match.

Sounds it. Janowicz is massively out of position in terms of ranking, wouldn't surprise me to see more results like this against guys ranked 30-60.

Yeah I was thinking about this earlier - it really is such an unusual situation for a player to suddenly be boosted so many places in the rankings. I bet it'll take Janowicz a bit of adjusting to his new status. But at least he'll have lots of chances to get wins as he'll be able to get in the Masters draws without qualifying. Hope he can get a good draw at the AO - I do enjoy his style - very unusual to see a player who hits his second serves nearly as hard as his first! Nice variety in his game too.

Didn't see the match, but was interested in the match up as these were two unusual stories last year. First match back for JJ since Paris, while BB lost to Dimitrov in Brisbane 1st round.

I remember one of JJ's Paris victims (Simon?) saying let's see how he gets on outdoors and whether he can still hit the lines. I see today he hit 11 aces (22 v Andy!) and 10 DFs.

Will be watching with interest anyway.

Today the conditions weren't great - very windy - so that may be why he didn't hit as many aces. He definitely seemed more error-prone that he was in Paris, so it could be that indoors suits his game more. Still very gutsy under pressure though - I like that about him.

Definitely a good player but had Andy finished him when he should have, he'd be about 500 points and 30 places worse off. That's not to discount his results after that, but there was a somewhat fluke element involved. No doubt a good player but not the 26th best player in the world, in my opinion at least. As you say though he should be able to pick up enough points here and there as he will often be seeded, and can now participate in any ATP tournament he likes without having to qualify. When Paris comes and goes (assuming he doesn't reach the final again.. not impossible I guess) he should still be well up on where he was before the tournament.

I do think he'll struggle outdoors though, at least comparitively to indoors.

I see that Dimitrov lost to Fognini 6-3, 6-1 in Sydney. I didn't see the match but from what I've read on MTF (not the best source I know...) it sounds like he didn't put in his best effort today, even walking back to his chair before some of the points were over. It has been extremely hot in Sydney today though, with temperatures over 40C, so perhaps this was a factor in his performance.

Hope he will be able to win a few rounds at the AO - he's never been beyond R2 of a slam before. He'll have to hope for a good draw though, being unseeded.

Tomic's through to the semi-finals in Sydney with a three set win over Niemienen - impressive. Looking at the players left in the draw he's got a good chance of winning his first title here. Though I would also like to see Benneteau to finally win a title.